Buch, Englisch, Latin, Deutsch, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 649 g
The Discourses about St. Peter’s Basilica and Santa Maria Maggiore
Buch, Englisch, Latin, Deutsch, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 649 g
Reihe: Monumenta Sirletana Romanae Curiae
ISBN: 978-3-11-076549-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Guglielmo Sirleto has generally been acknowledged as a crucial contributor to defending the papacy’s claims over St Peter’s primacy, including the apostle’s legendary arrival to Rome before his martyrdom. Sirleto established himself as a pivotal prelate, who assisted Pope Paul IV in rearranging the ceremonial apparatus for the solemn celebrations of the (St Peter’s Throne).
Scholars, however, were unable to properly examine his , because the manuscripts of this discourse were never completely identified. The edition of this treatise will therefore primarily provide a reconstruction of Sirleto’s working methods in readjusting the ceremonial solemnities prescribed for the feast day of the according to Curial Ceremony.
The second discourse concerns, on the other hand, a description of the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore on the Esquiline Hill, which Sirleto composed for the Cardinal Bishop of Milan, Carlo Borromeo. In contrast to the edition of the first discourse in this volume, the is presented according to the correspondence between Borromeo and Sirleto.
Zielgruppe
Scholars in the fields of early modern history, history of religi
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Europäische Literatur
- Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Stoffe, Motive und Themen
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Katholizismus, Römisch-Katholische Kirche
- Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte
